Only place I have hunted up that way was timaru creek. There are tahr up the top end and reds and some chamois. I haven't been in there for 5 or so years though. Chamois were just inside the bushline...
Liked On: 07-02-2017, 02:32 PM
if your handle is anything to go by you have the rifle bit sorted out right from the get go. the books by lentle n saxton especially red deer in new zealand are well worth the time to read over and...
Liked On: 17-01-2017, 02:21 PM
+1. And your local deerstalkers club and do the Hunts course. The first ones are handed on a plate, but there are good buggers that don't mind sharing info and even offering a tag along trip.
Liked On: 17-01-2017, 02:21 PM
Thanks for both your information and help!!!! It sounds like you started the same way as me with being self taught. Anyone can be handed a deer but that's shooting not hunting
Liked On: 17-01-2017, 02:20 PM
I reckon we can pick the guys who had hunting easy when they were kids where dads and uncles introduced the privileged little buggers to hunting in nice easy country (often private farmland) with...
Liked On: 17-01-2017, 02:19 PM
If it's bush your hunting, then if your sweating your going to fast. Into the wind and hunt where the sign is. Don't look for the whole animal look for something that's not right i.e. Ear flick,...
Liked On: 17-01-2017, 02:17 PM
BLABLANZ certainly decent books and good for someone starting out to get some ideas, I've never used them myself but can see the benefits of such a book yes. Once you have sorted out an area and...
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:57 AM
Your not wrong, Word of mouth and a lot of time in an area is the way to go. Google Earth can mess you up though,What can look like large open meadows can be 2m tall toi toi laced with blackberry lol
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:53 AM
Fishing one is just as bad or someone has hidden all the X's
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:52 AM
I checked out one of the spots I read in the bookshop. Buggered if I could find a great big X with animals standing on it when I went there.
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:52 AM
Ask him why I walked all the way up Mt Taranaki and couldnt find any chamois
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:51 AM
Impressive shooting, but I must ask if you were intentionally aiming for a headshot? Not having a go if that's how it comes across! :)
Liked On: 30-12-2016, 11:50 AM
pm's sent
Liked On: 29-12-2016, 01:49 PM
Has anyone around the Cambridge area got a bit of land I can check the zero on my 308? I know its a bit of a cheeky ask, but I gave it a good clean and had the stock off and I just want to check...
Liked On: 28-12-2016, 01:26 PM
You'll no doubt question my sanity, but there are actually wild deer at the BP roundabout in Frankton so you can save yourself a trip to the outer reaches of the planet and hunt from the comfort of...
Liked On: 05-12-2016, 09:50 AM